This paper examines the effects of property age on the operational efficiency, firm risk, stock performance, and executive compensation of real estate investment trusts (REITs). Using a large property-level data set of U.S. equity REITs from 1995 to 2020, we construct a firm-level property age...

The initial structure of real estate investment trusts (REITs) was predicated on real estate as a long-hold asset that would benefit from an ownership structure that fosters property portfolios held and managed for the long term. Using a sample of publicly traded U.S. REITs from 1995 to 2018, we...